51 min
8. Children Writing Their Legacies with Land in Daniela Bascuñan’s Elementary Classroom Teaching Writers Speak
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How can teachers support young students to locate themselves in the world and contend with some of the more troubling legacies that shape our collective experiences?
That is one question animating Daniela Bascuñan’s classroom teaching and her work as a teacher researcher. Daniela, our guest on this episode, has been teaching 2nd, 3rd, and 4th grade elementary school in Toronto for over twenty-five years. Her name will be familiar to listeners of our little podcast: not only has she been a member of the Toronto Writing Project since its inception, but she planted vital seeds that helped bring this show to life.
Over the course of her career, Daniela’s been seeking ways to invite more of her students’ lives and experiences into the classroom as resources to make sense of how we relate to one another, our histories, and the land we stand on. And, as you’ll hear in our chat today, Daniela doesn’t hesitate to tackle some of the tougher issues that shape those relations, including military violence, residential schooling, and the broader legacies of settler colonialism. One of her goals as a teacher and a scholar is to challenge the “widely believed notion that very young children do not have the capacity to deconstruct [such] issues.”
You can find Daniela on Twitter @isPassingNotes
Link to the article Daniela Bascuñán, Shawna M. Carroll, Mark Sinke & Jean-Paul Restoule
(2022): Teaching as Trespass: Avoiding Places of Innocence, Equity & Excellence in Education,
DOI: 10.1080/10665684.2021.1993112
Teaching Writers Speak is a podcast developed by members of the Toronto Writing Project. The Toronto Writing Project—or TWP for short—is made up of teachers and researchers who view writing as a vehicle for change, both in our institutions and in the world at large.
This episode was produced by Celeste Kirsh, Velta Douglas, and Ty Walkland. Celeste is our editor and Rob Simon, TWP’s director, is our executive producer. Our theme music is by Doug Freisen.
You can learn more about the Toronto Writing Project, and sign up for our upcoming writing workshops and speakers series, by visiting www.torontowritingproject.com.
How can teachers support young students to locate themselves in the world and contend with some of the more troubling legacies that shape our collective experiences?
That is one question animating Daniela Bascuñan’s classroom teaching and her work as a teacher researcher. Daniela, our guest on this episode, has been teaching 2nd, 3rd, and 4th grade elementary school in Toronto for over twenty-five years. Her name will be familiar to listeners of our little podcast: not only has she been a member of the Toronto Writing Project since its inception, but she planted vital seeds that helped bring this show to life.
Over the course of her career, Daniela’s been seeking ways to invite more of her students’ lives and experiences into the classroom as resources to make sense of how we relate to one another, our histories, and the land we stand on. And, as you’ll hear in our chat today, Daniela doesn’t hesitate to tackle some of the tougher issues that shape those relations, including military violence, residential schooling, and the broader legacies of settler colonialism. One of her goals as a teacher and a scholar is to challenge the “widely believed notion that very young children do not have the capacity to deconstruct [such] issues.”
You can find Daniela on Twitter @isPassingNotes
Link to the article Daniela Bascuñán, Shawna M. Carroll, Mark Sinke & Jean-Paul Restoule
(2022): Teaching as Trespass: Avoiding Places of Innocence, Equity & Excellence in Education,
DOI: 10.1080/10665684.2021.1993112
Teaching Writers Speak is a podcast developed by members of the Toronto Writing Project. The Toronto Writing Project—or TWP for short—is made up of teachers and researchers who view writing as a vehicle for change, both in our institutions and in the world at large.
This episode was produced by Celeste Kirsh, Velta Douglas, and Ty Walkland. Celeste is our editor and Rob Simon, TWP’s director, is our executive producer. Our theme music is by Doug Freisen.
You can learn more about the Toronto Writing Project, and sign up for our upcoming writing workshops and speakers series, by visiting www.torontowritingproject.com.
51 min